खाल

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸 f (khallā), from Sanskrit खल्ल (khalla, “leather, leather garment”). Cognate with Punjabi ਖੱਲ (khalla), Nepali खालो (khālo), Gujarati ખાલ (khāl), and Marathi खाल (khāl).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰɑːl/, [kʰäːl]

Noun

खाल • (khāl) f (Urdu spelling کھال)

1. skin, hide
2. a bellow

Declension

Declension of खाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खाल khāl	खालें khālẽ
oblique	खाल khāl	खालों khālõ
vocative	खाल khāl	खालो khālo

Derived terms

• खाल खींचना (khāl khī̃cnā, “to skin”)
• भेड़ की खाल में भेड़िया (bheṛ kī khāl mẽ bheṛiyā, “a wolf in sheep's clothing”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khalla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press